"Micah Riegner was a delightful last-minute addition to the tour with Bret Whitney and Tom Johnson, and he added tremendous value. He was attentive to everyone and performed as though he'd worked together with Bret and Tom for years....terrific!"

Micah Riegner grew up exploring the Central Arizona Highlands and was fortunate to have parents who took him along on college field courses ranging from the coast of Mexico to the mountains of Costa Rica, where encounters with tinamous, barbets, and jacamars started him birding at a young age. After graduating from high school, he made annual pilgrimages to Amazonia where he worked as a bird guide and participated in expeditions, mostly in Brazil, and he served as a field assistant following mixed-species flocks in Peru. He studied ecology and scientific illustration (some of his bird art has been published in ornithological journals, and he regularly sketches birds in the field) at Prescott College and is currently working toward a master's degree on the foraging ecology of Amazonian woodcreepers.>

Micah has accompanied a number of Field Guides tours with Bret Whitney, John Coons, and Tom Johnson over the past couple of years and will be co-leading several tours in 2018 and 2019 as he works to complete his master's. He will be joining our schedule full-time beginning in June 2019. Micah is a generous guide with an easy laugh and is eager to join the Field Guides team to share his love of birds and nature. We know you will have a great time traveling with him, too!

NO. ARIZONA'S CANYONS & CONDORJun 1-7, 2019 with John Coons & Micah RiegnerA tour for mountain and high-desert birds of the western US amidst stunning scenery with California Condors at the Grand Canyon, all guided by our own Flagstaff-based resident expert, John Coons.

FALL FOR CAPE MAYSep 21-27, 2019 with Cory Gregory & Micah RiegnerSee bird migration in action at one of the country's top migration hotspots.

BRAZIL: RORAIMA ADVENTUREOct 23 - Nov 3, 2019 with Micah Riegner & Tom JohnsonA new itinerary to a part of Brazil rarely visited by birders, with a diverse array of habitats and range-restricted birds to explore and observe.

SUCCINCT SURINAME: COTINGAS & TRUMPETERSJan 18-29, 2020 with Dave Stejskal & Micah RiegnerA new itinerary highlighting rainforest wilderness areas that are home to specialty and hard-to-see birds such as beautiful and bizarre cotingas, large and small, and trumpeters.

BRAZIL: RORAIMA ADVENTUREApr 22 - May 3, 2020 with Micah Riegner & Tom JohnsonA new itinerary to a part of Brazil rarely visited by birders, with a diverse array of habitats and range-restricted birds to explore and observe.

IDAHO: SNAKE RIVER TO SAWTOOTHSMay 23-31, 2020 with Eric Hynes & Micah RiegnerA fresh May itinerary for inspiring western birding from the famous Snake River and its birds of prey to the spectacular Sawtooth Mountains.

CANADIAN ROCKIES: ALBERTAJun 13-23, 2020 with Jay VanderGaast & Micah RiegnerA great western birding tour with spectacular landscapes of the Rockies.